Curtain-fixture.



No. 786,682. PATE-INTER APR. 1905. B, MGB.

UURTAN FIXTURE,

APPLIGATION FILED MY 28, 1904.

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atented .April 4,

BLANLHARD iilED BRIE, OF MlLFORD, NEW HAMPSHRE.

SEEGFCATON forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 786,652, dated April 1905.

Application filed liiay 2S, 1904. Serial No. 210,146-

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, BLiiNoininn Feen Rice, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of -`dil'lford, in the county of Hillsboro and State of New Hampshire, haveinvented a new and Improved Cmtain-Fixture, ot' which the 'following' is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to devices for supporting the rolls of window-curtains, and has Yi'or its principal objects the provision of a secure tixture which without altering the point ot' attachment to the casing may be readily adapted to support rolls of different lengths.

it consists in the various features hereinafter described, and more particularly claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accoi'npanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the ligures.

Figure l shows one embodiment oi' in y invention in use in supporting a window-curtain. Fig. 2 is a Vt'ront elevation of my improved iX- ture. Fig. Sis an end elevation thereof. ilig. et is a longitudinal section on the line e et oi Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 shows a perspective view ci the catch.

10 designates a base consisting ot' a preferably elongated plate which may be provided with openings 1l at its corners to receive securing-screws. At the opposite sides oit' this base are situated guides l2, here shown as 'formed by integral projecting ribs, trein the upper extremity ot' which 'flanges 13 extend inwardly. Between these guides is mounted a roll-support which, as illustrated, consists ot a plate la, extending beneath the guide iianges and having projecting from its center a bracket l5, in which is an opening lt to receive the curtain-roll spindle. rEhe base is provided with retaining' projections which in the present instance consist of teeth 17, torined upon the outer surfaces of the lianges i3.

lVith these teeth cooperates a retaining 1neni-` ber or catch i8, which is divided at 19 to straddle the support-bracket at its opposite sides adjacent to the i'ianges, it being pivoted thereto through the openings 2O 20, which permit attachment at either side. Upon the inner side ot this catch are teeth 2l, and at the in ner end of one ot' the divisions or art s is a linger-piece 22, by which the catch may be conveniently operated. it is normally heid in contact with the base-teeth by a spring 23, situated between it and the plate 14C. All the parts may be cast 'from any suitable metal.

Vin use one of the fixtures is attached in the usual place at each side oi' the window-'casing with the guides extending transversely thereot. rlhe length ot the base renders it an easy matter to them secureiy in place and in substantially the plane of the window irrespective of the contour of the casing, it often being a matter of extreme diiiiculty to suitably position the ordinaryiixture upon molded casings. The bases will be preferably so applied that when the brackets l5 are at about the center of the bases the distance between them will correspond to the length of the average curtain-roll t'or such a window. Oneot' the snpports now being fixed in place by the engagement of its catch with the teeth upon the lianges, the opposite support is removed or drawn to one side, and then upon introducing the curtain-r01l spindle into the tixed support its companion may be moved up to engage thel other spindle, and thus maintain the roll in place. it will be seen that when so engaged it will be impossible At'or the curtain to be accidentally displaced from thc iixture as is etten the case with slotted supports, under the recoil et' the roll-spring. Yit will further be evident that the movement of the supports beN tween the guides enables the fixtures to be adapted to a wide rangeol lengths et curtainrolls without changing the positions ot' the bases, and thus dislig'uring the casing by screwholes.

Having thus described my in vention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentel. A curtain-liizture, consisting oli' a base provided with J[ranged ri bs having' teeth on the fianges thereof, a roll-support comprising a plate extending beneath the ianged ribs, and a bracket projecting from the plate, a toothed catch provided with spaced and apertured lugs and pivoted to the said bracket, and a spring arranged. between the catch and the )late of the roll-support.

2. A curtain-fixture, comprisinga base pro.- vided with opposite flanged guides and teeth l vided with oppost@ mnged guides upon which are foymed n Series of teeth, a, mil-Support having :L plate extending beneath the innges of the guides, und n, pvoted und swing-1j) Passed toothed catch on th@ Support and copex'atng with the teeth.

Yl n tcsngimony whereof have signed my nenne to this; specicnbon in h@ pvennce of wo subscribing wtnsnes.

B QANUHAQD FRED RWE. 

